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The RDBD said:
The minimum has to be "zero sum" at the end.

For Roman, the Chelsky project has an ego aspect, and perhaps some
"money transfer" opportunities for his personal wealth.

For the Arab oil money, in addition to the ego aspect there is the
possibility for some good international PR spin for them (their nation,
its businesses etc) .

One thing I do like about Uncle Joe is that Spurs is SOLELY business.
His public involvement/intervention in on/off pitch matters regarding
THFC is near zero.
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It is honest but reflects his feelings for the club.

He and Levy have managed the club's funds very well. We've had a long-term plan and stuck to it. In football, that's pretty much unheard of. Sure, ENIC will make a fortune when it comes time to sell but the club will be left with an incredible asset base and a bright, sustainable future - infinitely better than when they came in.

The suggestion is that the club is pretty much at ease about the level of debt, having cheap money available. Apparently, in Canada, for a debt of the size Spurs are running, according to an expert on SSC, you can buy £600m @ 1.875% fixed, repayable in 2031. That's just £12m a year in interest. That's a comforting thought.
 
"Thanks for that Brian" said:
It is honest but reflects his feelings for the club.

He and Levy have managed the club's funds very well. We've had a long-term plan and stuck to it. In football, that's pretty much unheard of. Sure, ENIC will make a fortune when it comes time to sell but the club will be left with an incredible asset base and a bright, sustainable future - infinitely better than when they came in.

The suggestion is that the club is pretty much at ease about the level of debt, having cheap money available. Apparently, in Canada, for a debt of the size Spurs are running, according to an expert on SSC, you can buy £600m @ 1.875% fixed, repayable in 2031. That's just £12m a year in interest. That's a comforting thought.
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And as sure as eggs is eggs, Levy will have negotiated a better deal.
 
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Billy The Yid said:
There was a slight tug by the keeper but not enough to warrant a penalty in my opinion, we see far worse at every single corner and 99% of the time nothing is ever given. The referee should have waved it away for Mane`s theatrics alone, it was an embarrassing display of diving. Also, there is no chance that penalty would have been given if it was for Fulham, and in the unlikely event that it was, there would have been mass media outcry and outpourings of grief.
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He ****ing rugby tackled him. Are you sight-compromised?
 
I wonder if Chelsea could save money and share the taxpayers stadium.I can see it now:-
Hackney Wick Hammers and the Hackney Wick Pensioners.
 
Former Fulham striker Pavel Pogrebnyak was criticised today for his rather bigoted view of national team players.
He suggested that black people being selected for the Russian team was "laughable".

"I believe that any football player who plays well and has Russian citizenship has a right to represent the Russian national side."
"The colour of their skin, eyes, hair and everything else has no significance. This should be obvious to anyone."
"This statement by Pogrebnyak smacks of racism."
This response was from Mikhail Fedotov, head of the presidential Human Rights Council and advisor to Vladimir Putin, rather surprisingly.
 
deedub93 said:
Some want us to spend more than we can afford........
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I must sound like a broken record but the full list is frightening...
Leicester (recovered)
Southampton (recovered)
Wimbledon
Leeds
Sheffield United
Bradford
Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday
Ipswich
Bolton
Blackburn
Charlton
West Brom
Norwich
QPR
Wigan
Portsmouth
Coventry
Swindon
Notts County
Blackpool
Aston Villa
Derby
Middlesbrough
Luton
Sunderland
Forest
Hull
Swansea
Stoke
Birmingham

29 clubs...since the late 1990s.
Only Notts County were never in the Premier League.
Only Barnsley, Bradford and Swindon were not established prem teams.

Leeds were Champions in 1992 and CL semi finalists in 2000.

Blackburn won the league in 1995 and the league cup in 2002.

Birmingham won the league cup in 2010 ish

Swansea won the League cup in 2014 ish.

Wigan won the FA Cup in 2013.

Portsmouth won the FA Cup in 2008.

Stoke, Hull and Villa were FA Cup finalists this century.

14 of them have played European football in the past 20 years or so.

I have not included City or Chelsea (who were both saved by being rescued by billionaires when things were grim).
Nor have I included Fulham who have hugely spent and could well be in deep **** next season.

And pundits, "experts", the press tv and radio only every talk about Leeds and Portsmouth.

29...that is a shocking testament to the incompetency of not only those who run those clubs but also of those responsible for allowing reckless owners to jeopardise the future of these teams and all they represent to their local communities and economies.

I'd rather our club be overly cautious than be run by a bunch of cowboys (or porn barons)!
 
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remembercolinlee said:
I must sound like a broken record but the full list is frightening...
Leicester (recovered)
Southampton (recovered)
Wimbledon
Leeds
Sheffield United
Bradford
Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday
Ipswich
Bolton
Blackburn
Charlton
West Brom
Norwich
QPR
Wigan
Portsmouth
Coventry
Swindon
Notts County
Blackpool
Aston Villa
Derby
Middlesbrough
Luton
Sunderland
Forest
Hull
Swansea
Stoke
Birmingham

29 clubs...since the late 1990s.
Only Notts County were never in the Premier League.
Only Barnsley, Bradford and Swindon were not established prem teams.

Leeds were Champions in 1992 and CL semi finalists in 2000.

Blackburn won the league in 1995 and the league cup in 2002.

Birmingham won the league cup in 2010 ish

Swansea won the League cup in 2014 ish.

Wigan won the FA Cup in 2013.

Portsmouth won the FA Cup in 2008.

Stoke, Hull and Villa were FA Cup finalists this century.

14 of them have played European football in the past 20 years or so.

I have not included City or Chelsea (who were both saved by being rescued by billionaires when things were grim).
Nor have I included Fulham who have hugely spent and could well be in deep **** next season.

And pundits, "experts", the press tv and radio only every talk about Leeds and Portsmouth.

29...that is a shocking testament to the incompetency of not only those who run those clubs but also of those responsible for allowing reckless owners to jeopardise the future of these teams and all they represent to their local communities and economies.

I'd rather our club be overly cautious than be run by a bunch of cowboys (or porn barons)!
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Watford could be added to this list
 
Trust us to go the way of Colin’s list instead of the other way. After all every ambitious club who’s owners back the manager go bust.

That explains why we have had two barren transfer windows!
 
Spurlock said:
Trust us to go the way of Colin’s list instead of the other way. After all every ambitious club who’s owners back the manager go bust.

That explains why we have had two barren transfer windows!
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Nope. Owners + ambition + STUPID = football club in dire financial straits.

Irving Scholar went one better than that, by making his "stupid"
absolutely nothing to do with on-pitch matters.
 
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The RDBD said:
Nope. Owners + ambition + STUPID = football club in dire financial straits.

Irving Scholar went one better than that, by making his "stupid"
absolutely to do with on-pitch matters.
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There’s a balance to be struck...thus far it’s a bit lop sided.

Business>Football is the ENIC way

I refuse to buy into the notion that we risk going bust if we spend in the transfer window.
 
Spurlock said:
There’s a balance to be struck...thus far it’s a bit lop sided.

Business>Football is the ENIC way

I refuse to buy into the notion that we risk going bust if we spend in the transfer window.
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Which transfer windows ?? Those of 2018-19 ??

If so, the manager stated why there were no incomings.
Whether you believe him (his decisions, the rationale behind them)
or not is your business.
 
Spurlock said:
There’s a balance to be struck...thus far it’s a bit lop sided.

Business>Football is the ENIC way

I refuse to buy into the notion that we risk going bust if we spend in the transfer window.
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I still don’t get how it is possible to get business success without football success. The two are massively correlated.
 
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